Welcome home Company G 1898

Welcome home Company G 1898

"When the electric sign up on the Murphy block, which read 'Welcome Home' when Company G returned from the Spanish American war. That sign caused almost as much excitement as the actual return of the soldier boys themselves, and how proud everyone was of it!" [Wdstk Sentinel 3-13-1937 Sec 8 p5].
"The homecoming of Company G was made a hilarious occasion and the people of Woodstock did themselves proud, giving over the city practically to its heroic sons, a feature of the event being a huge 'Welcome' sign that spanned Benton Street from the park to the John J. Murphy Building." [Wdstk Sentinel 3-13-1937 Sec 5 p2]
Murphy Building or Block 100 to 108 N. Benton
100 N. Benton
102 N. Benton
104 N. Benton Large clock sign
106 N. Benton
108 N. Benton C. F. Thorne
110 N. Benton Barber pole in front
Sherman Block 101 S. Benton built 1893
101 S. Benton M. Sherman Jewelers; has sign on Jackson street brick wall, clock on entrance under crenelated tower on corner of building and large Sherman sign extending from roof.
101 E. Van Buren (frame building) cigars
103 E. Van Buren J. C. Choate Carpets, Wal..Peace Jubilee Sale
105 E. Van Buren
107 E. Van Buren
109 E. Van Buren Drugs & Medicine

1896